#36B5BC#36B5BC

#36B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36B5BC
RGB	rgb(54, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -31.27, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 34.07, 203.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.1005 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1183, 37.4597, 53.3684)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36B5BC #BC3D36

analogous

#36BC80 #36B5BC #3672BC

triadic

#36B5BC #BC36B5 #B5BC36

tetradic

#36B5BC #8036BC #BC3D36 #72BC36

square

#36B5BC #8036BC #BC3D36 #72BC36

split-complementary

#36B5BC #BC3672 #BC8036

monochromatic

#1B595D #28878C #36B5BC #5ECBD1 #8EDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#36B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#36B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36B5BC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36B5BC	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd0',
    500: '#36b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36b5bc;
$custom-light: #81cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36B5BC

secondary

#C98885

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #36B5BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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